Community Arts Learning Grant
Community Arts Learning Grant
Transformative creative writing education at Moose Lake State Prison
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist
Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Richard Hansen: Executive Director, Duluth Superior Film Festival; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Karissa Isaacs: curator of Tweed Museum at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Specific, measurable outcomes that will result from this class include: -12-15 students will complete the entire 12 weeks of the course. -Each student will produce at least one polished piece of creative nonfiction -At least 90% of students will report that they now have the tools they need to continue writing after the class. -At least 90% of students will report that their class was an empowering experience. -At least 90% of students will report that they feel more connected to an artistic community after taking their class. -At least 90% of students will report that they feel more able to imagine the world from another's perspective after taking their class. The Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop has developed an evaluation process for prison-based creative writing courses that I will utilize in this class. Dr. Sharon Preves, a Professor of Sociology at Hamline who specializes in program metrics, developed MPWW's evaluation forms. Students provide both qualitative and quantitative feedback. Students are asked to rank measures from 1 to 10, such as: -I feel that I now have the tools I need to continue writing after this class. -This class was an empowering experience for me. -I feel more connected to an artistic community after taking this class. -I feel more able to imagine the world from another's perspective after taking this class.
14 students completed the entire 12 weeks of the course. -Each student produced at least one polished piece of creative nonfiction -100% of students will report that they now have the tools they need to continue writing after the class. -93% of students will report that their class was an empowering experience. -93% of students will report that they feel more connected to an artistic community after taking their class. -100% of students will report that they feel more able to imagine the world from another’s perspective after taking their class.
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